…After returning to the United States in 1587, he became the abbot of the Jesuit monastery in Valladolid, and in 1597 he moved to Salamanca and became the principal of the college there, where he died of illness while still in office. Acosta's major work, Historia natural y moral de las Indias (1590), comprehensively describes the nature and culture of the Americas, and includes valuable descriptions of the native cultures of Mexico and Peru. It also has great significance as a historical work of thought, as it attempts to theoretically position the "New World," then called the Indies, within the system of the known world history. It is notable for being far more systematic and objective than the histories of the Indies by his contemporaries G. F. Oviedo and Antonio de Herrera. … *Some of the terminology referenced in "Historia natural y moral de las Indias" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…87年帰国後バリャドリードのイエズス会修道院長となり,97年サラマンカに移って同地の学院長となり,在職のまま病没した。 アコスタの主著《新大陸自然文化史Historia natural y moral de las Indias》(1590)は,アメリカ大陸の自然と文化を総合的に述べたもので,メキシコ,ペルーの原住民文化に関する貴重な記述を含むと同時に,当時インディアスと呼ばれた“新世界”を,既知の世界誌の体系の中に理論的に位置づけようとする思想史的意義も大きかった。同時代のG.F.オビエドやアントニオ・デ・エレラAntonio de Herreraのインディアス史に比べて,はるかに系統的客観的である点が特色である。… ※「《Historia natural y moral de las Indias》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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